10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2024

Lead shot injured and killed condors young and old, lead in the carrion they ate, lead in the bullets that hunters shot at them. And we do feel like we know them, not as intimately as Sophie Osborn, of course, but stories create connections, especially when they are lively stories about birds with names and personalities.

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California Condor Falcons California Birds 169

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2022

Hannah Buschert was first exposed to birds and birding during a required ornithology course at Oregon State University and she quickly caught the birding bug. It has had very few humans walk its soil and who have had little impact to this otherwise pristine nature. Which makes it a haven for seabirds….and and seabirders.

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South Africa Mice Albatross Africa 261

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

However, in this post, I’d like to lay out the basic numbers as we pretend to know them about overall bird mortality, human related causes of mortality, and somewhere in there I’ll note that the number of birds that are killed by windmills is so small that it says “zero” on my pie chart. So keep that in mind.

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Killing Cats Fish Birds 274

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 19, 2011

The bold gray-and-white birds know what humans are good for and that is as a source of food! Gray Jays have long been more than willing to scarf down the offal that remains when hunters process a carcass so it is little wonder that they have adapted their foraging habits to include whatever scraps picnickers are willing to share.

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Washington Wisconsin Minnesota Michigan 171

10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2022

Of course, the first step is to define what is a ‘vagrant bird,’ a discussion I really appreciated since I’ve noticed that we (as in birders in general) tend to bandy the term about interchangeably with ‘accidental,’ ‘exotic,’ ‘scarce migrant,’ and ‘MEGA MEGA.’

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Birds Compassion Eagles Science 255

Animal Person

MARCH 29, 2010

Hunters kill members of endangered species. environmentalists" would have to value the life of an Atlantic salmon more than the life of a human because, in environmental terms, there are too few Atlantic salmons and far too many humans. Despite human overpopulation and crowding, only nonhumans are said to "infest" an area (19).

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Speciesism Endangered Species Vivisection Killing 100

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Falconers must always keep their birds somewhat wild so if they get separated or the bird flies off never to return, it can still survive on it’s own without human intervention. Of course I can’t speak for every falconer out there. Falconers can trap any bird of prey any time they want. Many get their birds from breeders.

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Wisconsin Falcons Owls Hunting 235

10,000 Birds

APRIL 20, 2012

The trip was far too amazing to encapsulate in one mere blog post, so prepare to be enthralled over the course of several weeks (especially once I find the USB cord for my camera and download my photos.) Like the Rockies, though, this is a harsh beauty, not an ideal climate for the human animal by any means.

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Wildlife Ferrets Montana Prairie Dogs 179

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 11, 2012

Originally a hunting term, the Big Five were the most dangerous and prized targets of the great white hunters on safari. They are harmless to humans and their horns are used for wrestling other males for mating rights. They are called Antlions due to ants being one of their main prey items and “lion” referring to hunter or destroyer.

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Buffalo Rhinoceros Elephants Leopards 195

10,000 Birds

JUNE 14, 2011

But in the case of Harris Hawks , this mentality jumps the species barrier and they form a strong bond with their human partners, readily accepting their non-avian hunting companions as members of their pack. I can feel the adrenalin coursing through my veins as I watch the male disappear down a hole. All photos by Charlie Kaiser.

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League Against Cruel Sports Rabbits Falcons Hunting 269

Animal Person

MARCH 17, 2009

“Animal science” – distinct from zoology, the science of Earth’s millions of animal species – is what LGUs call meat-industry courses, including slaughtering animals, making ice cream, the full range of meat-linked endeavor. But no LGU has yet put its meat-industry courses on the course of ultimate extinction.

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Meat Industry Industry Meat Responsible Policies 100

Animal Person

MAY 10, 2009

Latimer refers to his previous two posts where he has "documented the ethical and moral shallowness of the 'animal rights' credo itself, which is based more on an anti-human self hatred, taking the form of a 'moral' squeamishness concerned more with stamping out human 'cruelty,' no matter what the social or economic costs might be.

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Animal Rights Rights Broiler Chicken Animal 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

One study found that birds living in Botswana had elevated levels of lead in their bloodstreams during hunting season, presumably coming from lead bullets used on animals killed by hunters. According to the Eponym Dictionary of Birds (Helm, 2014), “James Sligo Jameson (1856–1888) was an Irish hunter, explorer, and naturalist.

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Elephants Birds Congo Africa 147

10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2021

In 2012, I reviewed The Jewel Hunter , an absorbing narrative in which author Chris Goodie travelled throughout Asia, Africa, and Australasia to observe and photograph every Pitta species in the world. A passion for one bird family is also very useful. Like all talented travel writers, Dunn is adept at drawing us into his experiences.

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Costa Rica Brazil Ecuador Bolivia 264

10,000 Birds

MARCH 13, 2012

The land was of course already occupied by San (Bushmen) hunter-gatherers for millennia and more recently Bantu tribes of the Nguni branch (most notably Zulus and Xhosas). Image by Adam Riley The Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama was the first Westerner to make landfall in the province.

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Mozambique South Africa Africa Collecting 182

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

So, one might surmise, it’s OK if they get shot by hunters thinking they’re sandhill cranes? What could motivate gunmen (I cannot call them hunters) in two states to deliberately kill North America’s tallest and most critically endangered bird? Do all hunters realize that? It gives one to wonder why this designation was made.

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2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 239

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

These conditions offered easy access to hunters in a habitat where a bird as large as a Guan would have little chances to hide or scape. After all, what was thought as its habitat was heavily deteriorated and converted to agriculture as the human population grew. Photo: Fernando Angulo Pratolongo. … Extinction is forever.

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Collecting Peru Neglecting Hunting 267

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

And the most outlandish–Anayoliy, the sweet, strange hermit and Katkov, possibly the most bizarre, annoying field assistant of all time–are drawn with empathy and an urge to understand, an emphasis on the human and not the caricature. The fish owl is Jonathan Slaght’s grail and also, more prosaically, his dissertation topic.

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Owls Russia Fish Research 131

10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2014

This would be a night drive, cold, dark, uncomfortable seats, loud engine in the giant 26-seater truck, scanning the brush and the roadside with three or four strong spotlights wrangled by volunteers among the nature-loving tourists, and of course, the headlights of the truck. And, of course, something interesting came along.

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Feral Cats North America Feral Cats 252

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

We immediately get a sense of the pigeons’ abundance, beauty, and danger to human activity. She portrays humans merged with Passenger Pigeons; the images are then framed to look like 19th century calling cards. It’s an effective introduction. This is not that kind of book, as Fuller makes clear from the beginning. What a horror!

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2014 Killing Michigan Kentucky 159

10,000 Birds

MARCH 12, 2011

However, the Stresemann’s Bristlefront is one of those birds that is simply enigmatic and rare and recently discovered, with many aspects of its life history unknown to humanity. He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B.

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Brazil 2011 Birds Wildlife 197

10,000 Birds

MAY 19, 2011

Way back when I started what turned out to be my thesis research (on humans), it became important for me to learn about bird migration. I was involved in the study of human movement and navigation on land, and there was a lot of research coming out about bird navigation. A fascinating exception to this, of course, are penguins.

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Research Humane Compassion New York 187

10,000 Birds

MARCH 21, 2011

.’ Much I marvelled this ungainly fowl to hear discourse so plainly, Though its answer little meaning – little relevancy bore; For we cannot help agreeing that no living human being Ever yet was blessed with seeing bird above his chamber door - Bird or beast above the sculptured bust above his chamber door, With such name as `Nevermore.’

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2011 Fowl Deer Cats 239

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

There is also a third element, only hinted at in the opening–the environmental and scientific necessity of gathering this data to document the importance of keeping the Pacific Northwest waters healthy and uncontaminated by human elements. Although we are not close nor on a direct course, the geese are skittish.

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Fox Albatross Geese Bald Eagle 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2023

Not a cover species The Black Kite is not actually black, but of course, misleading bird names are not exactly rare. Of course, he is talking about an American species, the Evening Grosbeak, but I assume the etymology is the same. ’ “ This has absolutely nothing to do with the Pale Thrush , of course.

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Birds Iraq China Ireland 130

Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 15, 2009

If some microorganisms must be killed in the process, this is unfortunate but necessary for human life. Why should microorganisms be sacrificed rather than humans? Why is human life more valued than the life of microorganisms? One might be inclined to say that human beings are more valuable because of their intelligence.

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Morals Vegetarian Meat Killing 40

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

Australia is a vast country with a very small human population, which mostly clings to the edge of the continent. Some birds existed only on outlying islands and in small populations, so once humans arrived then there would have been a huge risk to their survival. ” . … Extinction is forever. What a horror! What a wrong!

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Species Australia Birds Parrots 174

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 23, 2006

He clearly thinks that it is wrong to cause animals to suffer unnecessarily, but he appears to be somewhat ambivalent about killing animals (provided the killing is carried out humanely). Of course, when hamburgers aren't at stake, most of us think that it would be morally wrong to kill an animal for no good reason.

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Factory Farm Factory Farming Morals Meat 40

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Clearly, in the face of near universal condemnation from the internet masses, there is only one course of action for me. Hunters go to Africa to shoot lions, and this is without question a good thing; for birds, for ecosystems, and for lions in general! Hunters are prepared to spend a lot of money for the privilege of shooting a lion.

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Lions Killing Hunting Hunters 181

10,000 Birds

JUNE 28, 2018

” Contemporary environmentalism arrived too late to prevent the passenger pigeon’s demise due to market hunters, but the two phenomena share a historical connection. Of course, by now most people know they have been slaughtered by hunters for their ivory. Some people actually don’t consider human beings as animals.

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